Black Jacobin
Florisuga fusca(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Black Jacobin
The Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: eastern Brazil to Uruguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Florisuga fusca
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Jacobin
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus fuscus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 7 p.348
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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